| 100% | NOME | 4 | City whose name is pronounced like the natives' word for "Where is ...?" |
| 59% | PLANO | 5 | Texas city whose name is the Spanish word for "flat" |
| 55% | RUBY | 4 | Gemstone whose name is derived from the Latin word for "red" |
| 54% | XERES | 5 | City whose name was the source of the word "sherry" |
| 54% | LEGO | 4 | Toy brand whose name is derived from the Danish words for "play well" |
| 53% | XERES | 5 | Spanish city whose name is the source of the word sherry |
| 53% | PENTE | 5 | Go-like game whose name is the Greek word for "five" |
| 50% | LASVEGAS | 8 | City whose name is Spanish for "the meadows" |
| 50% | PANGOLIN | 8 | Animal whose name is the Malay word for roller |
| 50% | TSETSE | 6 | Fly whose name is the Tswana word for “fly” |
| 48% | PEZ | 3 | Candy whose name is an abbreviation of the German word for peppermint |
| 48% | PEZ | 3 | Candy whose name is an abbreviation of the German word for "peppermint" |
| 48% | LAPORTE | 7 | Galveston Bay city whose name is French for “the door” |
| 47% | COSMONAUT | 9 | Someone like Yelena Serova, say, whose old job title was derived from the Greek words for "universe" and "sailor" |
| 47% | PEZ | 3 | Tablet-shaped candy whose name was derived from the first, middle, and last letters in the German word for peppermint |
| 46% | CLEVELAND | 9 | City whose MLB team was once named the Napoleons, or for short, the Naps |
| 46% | EYE | 3 | Body part whose name is pronounced like a vowel |
| 46% | CISCO | 5 | Fortune 100 company whose name is the last two syllables of the city near where it was founded |
| 45% | PLANO | 5 | City whose name is Spanish for "flat" |
| 45% | PISMO | 5 | California beach community whose name comes from the Native American Chumash word for "tar" |
| 45% | LIMA | 4 | Ohio city whose name is pronounced with a long "I" |
| 45% | ALVVAYS | 7 | "Archie, Marry Me" band, whose name is pronounced like "always" |
| 45% | WARIO | 5 | Video-game antagonist whose name is a portmanteau of the protagonist's name and the Japanese word for "bad" |
| 45% | FRESNO | 6 | City whose name is Spanish for "ash tree" |
| 45% | RIMBAUD | 7 | "A Season in Hell" poet, whose name is pronounced like "Rambo" |
| 45% | DENVERBOOT | 10 | Car-immobilizing device named for the city where it was invented |
| 45% | SEPIA | 5 | Color whose name is derived from the scientific name for cuttlefish |
| 44% | LIMAOHIO | 8 | U.S. city whose name is pronounced differently from its foreign namesake |
| 44% | ERIE | 4 | Lake whose name probably comes from the Iroquoian word for "long tail" |
| 44% | PLANO | 5 | Texas city whose name is Spanish for "flat" |